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They have self-defined as the makers. So they enrich themselves on what we make, our work, worth, and service like...
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The usual handicapping for a new Fed Chair is happening, but likely it’s too early. Lael Brainard and William Spriggs...
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A Trump appointee sabotaged the stimulus checks heading to Social Security recipients. Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson explains....
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Oh, dear – February 22, 2021 – Statement on the Continuing Political Persecution of President Donald J. Trump This investigation...
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The Washington Post did a version of the NY Times profiles of Trumpists, albeit those who were involved in the...
There are now so many pardon requests there’s a spreadsheet for them, but Trump’s so angry at the lost loyalty,...
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Ryan Lizza tries to convince us that Trump is a formidable debater because horse race, even if Trump is a...
Nancy Pelosi laid it out. Trump is a taker who wants to be adored by the military and the nation....
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So the guy who says nearly any kind of malarkey accuses his opposition of “massive disinformation”. Firehose of gaslight projected...
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Received this e-mail from Fight For Progress PAC in support of Theresa Greenfield’s (D. IA) U.S. Senate campaign: It’s more...
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I clicked on the below Super Bowl halftime interview of frmr. President Obama by Bill O’Reilly because I remembered that it got...
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Because it’s far more important to give Donald J. Trump credit for doling out cash than to stimulate a cratered economy...
I read one thing on IRS.gov that is still in a state of confusion and found even less on VA.gov...
Darn socialism helping fix a capitalist crisis, and then Trump used the $1,000/citizen meme, because relief. The market made a...
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The New Republic has a new piece out about how the media is responsible for creating the myth that U.S. Senator...
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All day today I’ve been getting from several Democrats in support of Governor Steve Bullock’s (D. MT) U.S. Senate campaign....
I was interested in just who Jay Sekulow is. I found out he is a very busy man. He is...
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I attended public school growing up in Oklahoma. After I graduated from the University of Houston, a public university where...
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There’s a Beto counter-rally (above) about 14 miles away from the Trump rally in Dallas at the American Airways Center...
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Slowly we turn, step by step. xThe other whistleblower: Trump taxes to be investigated by Treasury Department inspector general https://t.co/3xWC9FioQY—...
One person’s kayfabe is another’s article of impeachment. Despite the possibility of future entreaties for election interference, the Ukraine deal...
www.bloomberg.com/… Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Richard Neal is considering releasing a whistleblower complaint that targets possible...
There’s been a lot of grumbling here about the slow pace of House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal’s efforts...
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TPM reports this as breaking news: House Panel Sues To Force IRS To Hand Over Trump’s Tax Returns. The lawsuit –...
Un-fucking-believable During the government shutdown, Trump made sure that IRS workers were classified as “essential” government employees to process tax...
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You were real funny out in the game zone. It’s not so funny NOW, is it bitch? Dynamo The Running...
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Remember those two dreaded words? after the intense backlash to Trump’s presidency with the Women’s march, in the months that...
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I can’t say I ever fantasize about Donald Trump’s inevitable death, because that would be wrong. But he will die...
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The title is a description of the content of my re cent article “*sigh* OK, time to get messy” that...
Welp, us Gen Xers and Millennials might be boned out of retirement: Social Security's trust funds will be tapped out...
GOP on track to destroy Social Security in 15 years. If Democrats win, we can fix by doing one thing
Welp, we Gen Xers and millennials might be boned out of retirement: Social Security's trust funds will be tapped out...
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For all of 2018, the Democrats pledged in their campaigns that they were the ones who would restore order to a lawless...
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Rudy Giuliani has to be the worst lawyer in the world ... especially when his clients are criminals. You’d be better...
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As long as the GOP tax law was screwing over blue-state homeowners (i.e., the “right” people), Donald Trump and his...
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When House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal of Massachusetts demanded the Internal Revenue Service turn over six years of...
In one sense, it’s actually a pretty good thing that I’m practically a “shut in.” Every night, from 6-8 pm PDT,...
It’s an unfortunate fact of life, at one time or another most Americans need the assistance of the government. Even...
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They won’t? Even when Donald Trump voluntarily releases them after his “audit” is over? The Hill: Acting White House chief...
This is really simple I guess. I have been taught all my life that if you do not follow the...
This is really simple I guess. I have been taught all my life that if you do not follow the...
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For Republicans, the gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has become an annual ritual in their hyperbolic effort...
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Here are some friendly words of advice to my Republican friends eager to regurgitate Donald Trump’s talking point about the...
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The last we heard on the subject, the average American’s tax refund was off 8.7 percent from last year, and...
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So what was your tax refund this year? Donald Trump loves to tweet-bomb Amazon, mainly because its owner, Jeff Bezos, also...
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Anybody who has ever thrown a birthday party for a kid knows that there are two basic forms of entertainment....
*Sigh* No, I am not endorsing Elizabeth Warren in the Democratic primaries. I have too many other people I want...
When IRS employees came back to work on January 28, 2019, they faced a backlog of work left undone during...
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obstinance - the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome. mulishness, obstinacy, stubbornness. intractability, intractableness - the trait of being...
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This is what happens when Donald Trump’s brain farts in an airtight room and no one is allowed to open...
And now for today’s thought exercise. Imagine you are a member of Congress. Recent assessments from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget...
